Loneliness and Psychotic Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Depression

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 106-116

  Jaya, Edo S ^a   Hillmann, Tobias E ^a   Reininger, Klaus Michael ^a   Gollwitzer, Anton ^b   Lincoln, Tania M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Loneliness; Mediation; Network analysis; Psychotic symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY INCOME; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARANOIA; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PSYCHOSIS;

EID: 84983456271     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-016-9799-4     Document Type: Article

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